• གདུགས།
  • gdugs
  • chattra
  • Term
Publications: 3
  • parasol
  • གདུགས།
  • gdugs
  • chattra
Definition in this text:

First of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata. In general Indian iconography it is a symbol of protection and royalty. In Buddhism it symbolizes protection from blazing heat of afflictions, desire, illness, and harmful forces, just as a physical parasol protects one from the blazing sun or the elements. It is also included in the eight auspicious emblems.

  • parasol
  • གདུགས།
  • gdugs
  • chattra
  • parasol
  • གདུགས།
  • gdugs
  • chattra
Definition in this text:

First of the eighty designs on the palms and soles of the Tathāgata. In general Indian iconography it is a symbol of protection and royalty. In Buddhism it symbolizes protection from the blazing heat of afflictions, desire, illness, and harmful forces, just as a physical parasol protects one from the blazing sun or the elements. It is also included in the eight auspicious emblems.